Work Arrangement:
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to one of the following locations: Milford, MI or Warren, MI (Preferred) you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
The Ideal Candidate:
Electronic Control Units (ECUs) used in high Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) applications continue to be an area of growth in the global automotive market. Our team is looking for a creative and highly energetic Staff Safety Engineer who can lead ECU circuit level Functional Safety analysis work, and develop our internal analysis approach and procedures for build-to-print (B2P) ECU designs as part of General Motor’s Design First initiative. This electronics circuit level safety analysis will be in support of the overall System Safety Case development for ECUs within the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) electrical architecture technologies that are critical in achieving GM’s Vision of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion.
The ideal candidate will drive innovation, facilitate effective communication, and inspire enthusiasm within the team. We expect you to demonstrate leadership qualities, actively champion change, possess keen business intuition, and strategically address systemic challenges. You should also exhibit high learning agility, the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation while challenging the status quo.
The Role:
In this role you are expected to have a high level of technical proficiency to perform various ECU, sub-component and circuit level Functional Safety analysis tasks, be responsible to train and develop analysis capabilities of other engineers and provide technical leadership to engineers to perform ongoing analysis work in support of various SDV ECUs. This team will function in the capacity of performing the required Functional Safety analysis within an ECU design responsible organization where work products will be delivered to the System Functional Safety organization to meet the overall system safety case and safety goals of the ECU. This team will interface across various GM engineering disciplines as well as external engineering entities to obtain needed information for the required safety analysis work.
What You’ll Do:
Near term – identify, lead interactions with and coordinate deliverables from a 3rd Party safety analysis provider to obtain required ECU circuit level safety analysis on SDV ECUs to meet project technical and timing expectations until long term state attained.
Long term – develop process, identify pertinent training, and help build, train and technically lead a team of ECU Hardware Safety Engineers to perform ECU circuit level safety analysis, hazard identification and risk mitigations using qualitative and quantitative methods on a multitude of B2P ECUs.
Lead ECU Safety strategy development and deploy safety strategies that balance overall System Safety with feature availability & performance
Coordinate and/or perform ECU circuit level safety analysis using various software analysis & documentation tools in the following areas:
DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis)
FIT (Failures In Time)
FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
FTA (Fault Tree Analysis)
Drive ECU, sub-component and/or circuit level design modifications determined necessary from the safety analysis work performed.
Develop new and/or revise existing technical safety related requirements for ECU CTRS (Component Technical Requirements Specification).
Actively lead, participate and contribute in System Safety GSSLT (Global Subsystem Leadership Team), ECU HW Change Control Board and ECU safety analysis Peer Review forums.
Stay abreast of new technologies and safety analysis techniques.
Domestic and/or international travel as required (minimal, 10% max).
Additional Job DescriptionYour Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
7+ years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems, ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.
Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or another related Engineering degree.
Electronic Circuit and/or Software design, analysis, development, validation experience.
Deep knowledge of safety critical embedded controls with at least one automotive subsystem or experience with a complex safety system in other industries.
Good knowledge of Semiconductor physics, structures, fundamentals, models and failure mechanisms.
Demonstrated leadership and project management of complex technical projects.
Ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship to diverse global teams.
In-depth familiarity with ISO 26262 or other functional safety standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 62304, or DO-178C.
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
10+ years engineering experience in product development with safety critical systems, ECUs or electronic circuit safety analysis.
Master’s Degree
Familiarity with safety analysis tools, techniques and standards:
Mentor or Cadence tool suit used in electronics design
Plato-e1ns or other analysis/documentation tool for DFMEA
Isograph, Medini, Fault Tree + or other analysis tool for FMEDA / FTA
Siemens SN29500, IEC 62380 or other reliability standards for FIT rate analysis
Emerging safety standards such as ISO 21448 and UL 4600
Experience working with safety diagnostic monitors.
Machine learning, simulation methods and data acquisition.
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. (Can remove if eligible)
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